Comic book writer Grant Morrison, who just finished work on Wonder Woman: Earth One, isn't fond of the way the character is being portrayed in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
"It’s finished now and it’ll be coming out soon," he told Nerdist when asked about his upcoming comic. "I sat down and I thought, 'I don’t want to do this warrior woman thing.'"
"I can understand why they’re doing it," he continued, speaking to BvS' take on Wonder Woman. "I get all that, but that’s not what
William Marston wanted, that’s not what he wanted at all!
"His original concept for Wonder Woman was an answer to comics that he thought were filled with images of blood-curdling masculinity, and you see the latest shots of Gal Gadot in the costume, and it’s all sword and shield and her snarling at the camera," he continued. "Marston’s Diana was a doctor, a healer, a scientist. So I went back to those roots and just built it up again."
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"It’s finished now and it’ll be coming out soon," he told Nerdist when asked about his upcoming comic. "I sat down and I thought, 'I don’t want to do this warrior woman thing.'"
"I can understand why they’re doing it," he continued, speaking to BvS' take on Wonder Woman. "I get all that, but that’s not what
William Marston wanted, that’s not what he wanted at all!
"His original concept for Wonder Woman was an answer to comics that he thought were filled with images of blood-curdling masculinity, and you see the latest shots of Gal Gadot in the costume, and it’s all sword and shield and her snarling at the camera," he continued. "Marston’s Diana was a doctor, a healer, a scientist. So I went back to those roots and just built it up again."
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